Factors Re Credibility of Police Officers

JURY INSTRUCTIONS:Special Instructions

In determining the believability of any witness who is a member of a law enforcement agency, in addition to the general criteria of credibility applicable to all witnesses, you should consider the following:

That law enforcement is a competitive enterprise and, as such, a police officer witness has an interest in the outcome of this case.

Police officers have a natural and unavoidable tendency to assemble and remember such evidence as would be used against a defendant.

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